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Make a rough estimate of the total rate of conductive heat loss through the windows, walls, floor, and roof of a typical house in a cold climate. Then estimate the cost of replacing this lost energy over a month. If possible, compare your estimate to a real utility bill. (Utility companies measure electricity by the kilowatt-hour, a unit equal to MJ. In the United States, natural gas is billed in terms, where 1 therm = 105 Btu. Utility rates vary by region; I currently pay about 7 cents per kilowatt-hour for electricity and 50 cents per therm for natural gas.)

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The cost of replacing the lost energy we get,

Cost $101.5

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01

 Calculating the natural gas

Let's say that the typical house has the size of A =64 m2.

If we visual the simplest house model , it would have 4outdoor walls, a floor, and a roof.

Every wall will be the same length if there are walls of equal length, where

L=8m long.

We can assume the walls are 3 meters high.

So, the area of the total wall is equal to:

Awall=4Lh=483=96m2

We can discover resistance to heat passage through the wall in the characteristics table:

R=0.2Km2W

The weather is cold outside, as the problem stated. Let's say the difference in temperature between outside and inside air is:

T=25C

energy loss through the walls is equal to:

Qw=1RAwallT=10.29625=143kWh

In the simple model we can say that floor and roof are the same size:

Aroof=Afloor=64m2

Calculating energy loss through the roof:

QR=1RAroofT=10.26425=95.35kWh

02

Cost Estimation

Total energy loss is equal to:

Q=143+295.35=333.7kWh

We are given that cost is 0.007 kWh.

Now let's see what is the cost for Q=333.7kWh:

Cost=333.70.07=$23.4

If we look cost per therm of natural gas:

1 therm = 105 Btu.
Now let's see what is total energy loss in terms of therm:

Q=333.7kWh=1.14107Btu=203therms

The cost of natural gas per therm is presented to us in the problem as

1 therm = 50 cents

Calculating the cost of natural gas:

Cost=2030.5=$101.5

Therefore,

Cost = $101.5

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